SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Discover what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!

Nov
10
Fri
Grief Retreat @ The Sou'wester Lodge
Nov 10 @ 2:00 pm – Nov 12 @ 1:00 pm

Grief Retreat with The Portland Grief house

Two night retreat with guided meditations and sound healing

Who/How much: w/Julia Francis and Laura Green of The Portland Grief House $498-807 includes lodging

What: We will spend the weekend in conversation with the non-human world; asking what medicine we can offer and what we can take. Except for grief spills and vocalizing during sound healing, we will keep conversation with humans to a bare minimum. We’ll use guided sound work, yoga practice and meditation to let spoken language shift away from the center of our attention. We’ll listen deeply, and talk sincerely with the world around us, and believe what we hear and learn. Retreat pricing includes various Sou’Wester lodging options. Full event details and itinerary found here: https://www.juliafrancis.com/retreats 

Email: info@griefhouse.org 

Nov
11
Sat
Screen Printing With Natural Dyes Workshop (FULL) @ The Sou'wester Lodge Pavilion
Nov 11 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Screen Printing With Natural Dyes Workshop (FULL) @ The Sou'wester Lodge Pavilion

Screenprinting With Natural Dyes Workshop

w/ Katey Rissi $60

Learn how to make screenprinting ink from scratch using natural dyes and use those inks to create prints. In this class, students will create a screen printed edition on paper, working with a palette of color made possible by materials foraged and grown. The resulting work is entirely biodegradable, place-based, and beautiful!

Nov
18
Sat
Nature-Based Creative Writing Circle @ The Sou'wester Lodge (geo dome)
Nov 18 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Nature-Based Creative Writing Circle

guided by poet Charity E. Yoro

Saturday, Nov 18 | 10:30am | Sou’wester Geodesic Dome

Free & open to the public in The Sou’wester Lodge’s Geodesic Dome

Join Charity E. Yoro for a creative writing circle in a casual, low-pressure environment, as we allow our pen to be stirred by the elements of the coastal forest! Held in the cozy, light-filled Geodesic Dome, we’ll draw inspiration from nature-based prompts, gentle stretching/movement, and our collective energy. Bring a pen/pencil, your favorite notebook, and a mug for coffee/tea. This gathering is free & open to all levels/genres of writers.
Japanese Paper & Bookbinding Workshop (FULL) @ The Sou'wester Lodge Pavilion
Nov 18 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Japanese Paper & Bookbinding Workshop (FULL) @ The Sou'wester Lodge Pavilion

Japanese Decorative Paper & Bookbinding 

a workshop w/ Yuka Petz $60

In this hands-on workshop we will be introduced to sekkazome (also known as orizomegami), which is a traditional Japanese form of folding and dying paper to create a variety of colorful patterns. We will then use our newly designed papers to bind into a traditional stab-bound book.

FULL

Jan
6
Sat
Workshop: “In the Kitchen” Basic Handbuilding Series @ Ilwaco Artworks
Jan 6 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Jan 6 – Feb 9

Basic Handbuilding Workshop Series“In the Kitchen”

w/Shelly Hedges $250

Make your own dinnerware, serving platters, and storage containers in this beginning handbuilding class. Demonstrations will include slab-building, coil techniques, press molds, and glazing methods.

Includes:

  • One 25lb bag of clay.
  • Open studio access for the duration of class.

Saturdays, 10a – 1p

  • Jan 6th – Place Settings
  • Jan 13th – Serving Bowls & Platters
  • Jan 20th – Lidded Jars and Utensil Crocks 
  • Jan 27th – Pitchers & creamers
  • Feb 3rd – Glazing
  • + Friday Feb 9th – Potluck Show & Tell! 6-8p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

 

Jan
13
Sat
Workshop: “In the Kitchen” Basic Handbuilding Series @ Ilwaco Artworks
Jan 13 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Jan 6 – Feb 9

Basic Handbuilding Workshop Series“In the Kitchen”

w/Shelly Hedges $250

Make your own dinnerware, serving platters, and storage containers in this beginning handbuilding class. Demonstrations will include slab-building, coil techniques, press molds, and glazing methods.

Includes:

  • One 25lb bag of clay.
  • Open studio access for the duration of class.

Saturdays, 10a – 1p

  • Jan 6th – Place Settings
  • Jan 13th – Serving Bowls & Platters
  • Jan 20th – Lidded Jars and Utensil Crocks 
  • Jan 27th – Pitchers & creamers
  • Feb 3rd – Glazing
  • + Friday Feb 9th – Potluck Show & Tell! 6-8p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

 

Jan
20
Sat
Workshop: “In the Kitchen” Basic Handbuilding Series @ Ilwaco Artworks
Jan 20 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Jan 6 – Feb 9

Basic Handbuilding Workshop Series“In the Kitchen”

w/Shelly Hedges $250

Make your own dinnerware, serving platters, and storage containers in this beginning handbuilding class. Demonstrations will include slab-building, coil techniques, press molds, and glazing methods.

Includes:

  • One 25lb bag of clay.
  • Open studio access for the duration of class.

Saturdays, 10a – 1p

  • Jan 6th – Place Settings
  • Jan 13th – Serving Bowls & Platters
  • Jan 20th – Lidded Jars and Utensil Crocks 
  • Jan 27th – Pitchers & creamers
  • Feb 3rd – Glazing
  • + Friday Feb 9th – Potluck Show & Tell! 6-8p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

 

Workshop: Sculpted Hats – (Full) @ The Sou'wester Lodge
Jan 20 @ 2:00 pm – Jan 21 @ 4:00 pm

Jan 20 & 21

Sculpted Hats: Wet Felted Millinery Workshop (FULL)

w/Mikal Robinson $100

Working with Pacific Northwest grown wool roving and olive oil soap, each student will shape and create a custom felted hat. Learn how to make a hood pattern and felt in 3D using a wet resist. Blocking and shaping will be done with the assistance of a variety of unique hat molds to choose from. As well as your head. Make sure to bring dry extra clothes. This class will clean everything but potentially leave your sleeves and collar a little water logged. Olive oil soap makes this felting class a good choice for sensitive skin or allergies. 

  • Saturday 2-6p
  • Sunday 12-4p

Location: Sou’wester Lodge Pavilion

Mikal Robinson is a queer alterly abled inspired felter, fiber artist, and educator. The lead instructor for Feral Felt and Wild Child Arts Education for over 17 years. Creating containers for shared learning and enthusiasm wherever they roam.

They have been sharing their love of hand crafts and honoring them as a fine art since childhood. Always encouraging people to remember the vital importance of supporting and maintaining our fibersheds. 

Reminding us that clothing is the shelter we wear. A long known way to communicate visually and embody one’s culture and identity. Always an opportunity for adornment.

To learn more about their classes, workshops, camps, afterschool programs, hand hammered jewelry and fiber art check out www. feralfinearts.com 

Jan
27
Sat
Workshop: “In the Kitchen” Basic Handbuilding Series @ Ilwaco Artworks
Jan 27 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Jan 6 – Feb 9

Basic Handbuilding Workshop Series“In the Kitchen”

w/Shelly Hedges $250

Make your own dinnerware, serving platters, and storage containers in this beginning handbuilding class. Demonstrations will include slab-building, coil techniques, press molds, and glazing methods.

Includes:

  • One 25lb bag of clay.
  • Open studio access for the duration of class.

Saturdays, 10a – 1p

  • Jan 6th – Place Settings
  • Jan 13th – Serving Bowls & Platters
  • Jan 20th – Lidded Jars and Utensil Crocks 
  • Jan 27th – Pitchers & creamers
  • Feb 3rd – Glazing
  • + Friday Feb 9th – Potluck Show & Tell! 6-8p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

 

Workshop: Ceramic Trinket Trays or Watercolor Palettes @ Ilwaco Artworks
Jan 27 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Jan 27

Ceramic Trinket Trays (or Watercolor Palettes) Workshop

w/Kimberly Gottschalk $70

Join us for a hands-on, one-day hand-building workshop where you can craft a unique ceramic trinket tray or watercolor palette! Throughout an engaging 4-hour session, you will dive into the art of ceramics, learning the fundamentals of working with clay before creating a unique template to help shape your clay into your choice of tray or palette. Please bring pictures or ideas of shapes to work with.

  • Saturday 2-6p

Location: Ilwaco Artworks

Kimberly is an emerging potter who crafts joyful objects, drawing inspiration from personal experiences and nature, shaping the clay through emotion and intention. She owns Lucida Ceramics, specializing in the whimsical, illustrative, and sometimes spooky. Always seeking to learn from the world around her and expand her techniques, you can find her in the woods as often as in the studio.

https://www.instagram.com/lucida.ceramics/